The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-03-19
THE SUPREME COURT
The Anarchists Cases.


has be.n the two days and last evening
nv attorneys from Chicago, many OF our c''i
,ens and a goodly number of the fair sex
some Of whom will be surprised to learn
wore the femenine anarchist colors, red
nlume in the hat! But we know they are
every one Of them loyal to law and ORDER
and every one OF them in favor OF the Union
to A man! (chest.) The court room was
full to its full limits and more too, and clerk
Taylor and Snow made many "BohemiahS
of the press thankful for courtesies Among
The attorneys present were Hon. Leonord
SWEET, Col. Black, Prosecuting Attorney
Grinnell ana assistant Ingham, Zeissler and
Saloman, Walker and oilers, and a score OF
reporters from Chicago.
The arguments for new trial OF the con-
demned Chicago anarchists began yesterday
morning before the full bench, save Justice
Scott. who has not been present during TINS
term. Leonard SWEET opened for the pris
oners in An able address Of two hours. lie
said that eight lives depend upon the I'M
preston his arguments, based upon the
facts, may create and leave with the court
How shall | present the contents OF the
ght thousand pages of closel y printed mat
ter constituting the record in this case! ms
vast mass of testimony and references nave
tried 70 condense in an Ineligible form int
one hundred pages, lie declared 'hat the
evidence on which the prisoners were con-
yicted was wholly insufficient; that the jury
was partial, and the court committed humer'
ous errors in the admission of some ana re
lection of other testimony. At meeting OF
certain persons at llaymarket n bomb was
exploded and killed aud wounded sixty per.
sons No direct and reliable testimony had
connected any of the prisoners with 1t. But
three of them had been there that day, ana
the witness Gilmore, who saw Spies get oil
tne wagon where he had been making
speech. stood in Cranes alley, must have
been able TO see around corner and through
a brick wall from his point Of view, rs ties
tilted to himself. A witness swore that he
heard two of the anarchists, German born and
bred, plotting to pull down the government,
talking in English, to them foreign tongue.
1t was preposterous on its face. In time OF
peril aud excitement men think and speak
in their mother tongue The prisoners shot
no one. killed no one, and only one of them
was present at the bomb explosion, and he
stood In wagon in plain sight of hundreds.
The others were at home or in beer saloon,
but it is sought to connect them with this
affair by their speeches. An incendiary
speech in general terms, not specially point
ing out any crime or particular person to
commit it, is not sufficient to hold any one.
1t must lie specific and particular. The re
publican party sprung up out Of enforcing
the fugitive slave law. Those who stood by
the law said the col tuition requires it, the
Supreme Court sustains it; the reply was,
'the constitution Is league with hell John
Brown made his raid into Virginia, and lives
were lost; were those who made the speeches
that fermented public opinion guilty OF muir.
der? The court erred In admitting Most's
book in evidence, or permitting it to be read
to the jury. 1t was not published by the
prisoners. II was not theirs. The police
broke into Spies ROOM found in drawer a
letter three years old from Most. Spies had
never answered it, yet it was used to effect
on the jury. Mr.. SWEET appealed to the
majesty Of the law; let us stand by its time
houored traditions, be bound by its venerable
rules and unbiased by popular clamor.
&c. Ingham followed for the people. The
prisoners had been tried by the laws of the
land. In the proceedings care was taken to
follow the best established presidents in
snch cases. They were guilty of one Of the
gravest of offences, their trial was conducted
by their attorneys with remarkable zeal, and
nothing left undoRe to acquit them. They
had been connected with the deed by com
plete chain of evidence Of unquestionable
clearness. Their crime was not merely
local affair." nor the result Of hatred Of any
particular individual; it was the deep. laid
plot Of band of men who have organized to
overthrown government, not only in this
country, but everywhere Spies was the
leader of their society in west, and the Hay
market massacre was the result of theii
teachings--of their speeches, and two news
papers, the iiarm published in English
AID h Art :,o/etnng, in German. 1t wa
a trial which excited unusual interest, be
use it was the mob against law and order
anarchy against government. Mr.. lnghan
read numerous extracts from the anarchis
papers, full Of most infamous teachings an
advising riot, blOOdshed and the wholesal
obstruction Of property. Also explaining
hsw TO manufacture poisoned knives, de
structive bombs, and other Internal contriy
ances. The Hay. market bombs explosion
killed ten men and wounded sixty others
lie also read the result of several interview